Chicago...THANK YOU!!!!

Hi all,

We're just getting back to our "regular lives" after the buzz that was caused by the Chicago Fest for Beatles Fans. What a great weekend!!!!

It sounds almost cliché to say this but this was one of the BEST Fests we've had the pleasure of playing in a VERY LONG TIME.

We dedicated a lot of Saturday and Sunday to the 40th Anniversary of the White Album's release. We played many songs we have not played in a long time, including Sexy Sadie, I'm So Tired and Julia. We also got the chance to play Revolution 9 which was quite an undertaking. That was a first time that we played that at a Fest, EVER!

Glen did most of the audio "loop" work to try to recreate the Beatles' (more specifically John Lennon's) studio trickery. The video montage was created by John and Glen, and it depicted many of the highlights (and lowlights) of what was the news in 1968.

We honestly did not know how Revolution 9 would be received. Eight plus minutes of experimental music is a hard listen, even for the most devout Beatle Fan. But you guys really showed your appreciation both after the song, with your applause, and after the show. Thank you SO much for giving us the chance to perform one of the oddest pieces of music the Beatles, or anyone else for that matter, ever released!

Playing three nights of Beatles' songs is one of the best gigs anyone could ask for and we're blessed to have that opportunity. If that wasn't enough, we got to play with Billy J. Kramer, Mark & Brett Hudson and, one of our favorite people in the world, Neil (Ron Nasty) Innes.

If you have pictures, video or just memories you'd like to share, feel free to post below. We would love to hear from you all!!!

We've been getting requests to post up our set lists so, here goes:

Friday Night

From Me To You
Please Please Me
Boys
Hold Me Tight
Do You Want To Know A Secret?
Slow Down
Honey Don’t
All My Loving
Roll Over Beethoven
You Can’t Do That

Twist And Shout
She's A Woman
I Feel Fine
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Ticket To Ride
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Can't Buy Me Love
Baby's In Black
Act Naturally
A Hard Day's Night
Help!
I'm Down

Get Back
Day Tripper
I Want To Tell You
Drive My Car
Nowhere Man
In My Life
Sun King (intro) - Mustard/Pam/Window
I Want To Hold Your Hand


Saturday

Hey Bulldog
Tomorrow Never Knows
Old Brown Shoe
Paperback Writer
Help!
The Night Before
You’re Gonna Lose That Girl
Another Girl
Ticket To Ride
Glass Onion
Ob La Di, Ob La Da
I’m So Tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Julia
Lovely Rita
Reprise / Day In A Life
Slumbers-Weight-The End-Majesty

Billy J. Kramer
Do You Want To Know A Secret
I Call Your Name
I’m In Love
Bad To Me

Neil Innes
Hold My Hand
I Must Be In Love
MEDLEY
Doubleback Alley/Another Day/Cheese and Onions
Joe Public
Get Up And Go

Mark Hudson
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Long Tall Sally/I'm Down/Oh!, Darling
Working Class Hero
Kansas City (with Brett Hudson)
So You Are A Star (with Brett Hudson)


Sunday

Back In The USSR
Dear Prudence
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Hard Day’s Night
I Should Have Known Better
Eight Days A Week
Tell Me Why
What Goes On?
Taxman
Strawberry Fields Forever
Across The Universe
The Word
Got To Get You Into My Life
REVOLUTION 9
Revolution

Billy J. Kramer
Do You Want To Know A Secret
I Call Your Name
I’m In Love
Bad To Me

Neil Innes
Hold My Hand
I Must Be In Love
MEDLEY
Doubleback Alley/Another Day/Cheese and Onions
Ouch!

Mark Hudson
Long Tall Sally/I'm Down/Oh!, Darling
Working Class Hero (with Brett Hudson)
Kansas City (with Brett Hudson)
So You Are A Star (with Brett Hudson)

We may not have any up coming gigs for a while (at least none that we're aware of yet), but that doesn't mean we aren't around. Feel free to blog away, email us or sign our guestbook.

All the best,
The Lads